Everyone is here, but Final Fantasy is left out when it comes to full Smash Bros Ultimate representation

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is an amazing game, but Square Enix’s showing in the game leaves much to be desired. Nintendo’s mantra for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is that ‘Everyone is Here’. Every Smash fighter from the past is present, plus some exciting newcomers. But it all goes deeper still than that; the new Spirits system in the game allows characters to be represented without actually being playable in the game. This means you can technically encounter Revolver Ocelot, Knuckles or Chun-Li in Smash. And it extends to series’ not featured on the game’s main roster, so characters from indie games like Shantae and Shovel Knight also get a neat bit of Smash representation. The spirits system is a really clever idea to expand the scope of Smash, and as a result it feels like much more of the gaming world is part of the game. No longer is Metal Gear Solid’s Snake merely transported into the world of Nintendo’s cutesy mascots – it now feels like his entire world has been lifted into this epic cross-over. There’s one weird exception, mind: Cloud, Final Fantasy, and Square Enix. I don’t know what went down behind-the-scenes, but for some reason Square Enix is the only company on the Smash Roster not to be properly and fully represented in Smash. And this is despite them having a fan-favourite playable character on the roster, Cloud. I’m mainly writing about this because it feels really strange. As mentioned earlier, series’ like Sonic, Metal Gear,… [Read full story]